The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-29
nIustrioils Epicurcs.
Good Housekeeping.

Good Housekeeping.
Haydn, the great composer and
equally great consumer, liked to dine
alone. 1t was his custom to order
dinner for five and then at the APP.
pointed hour to devour the whole ban.
Quet. On one occasion he commanded
the new waiter who was not acquaint-
ed with the great musicians pecul
iarity. to serve the dinner. "rhe din.
ner is ready" said the waiter, bowling,
"but, monsieur, the company have
not yet arrived" De company"
retorted Haydn, contemptuously, ode
company? am de company" The
dinner was at once served to ode
company" who demolished it
quite as etfectually as any
ordinary company could have
done. Another lordly feeder was
contemporary OF Haydn, the Duke of
Norfolk, who would eat at n Convent
Garden tavern, food enough for five
persons, but he possessed % more SEN
titive temperament than the musician,
and would never eat five dinners in
one a second time ut the same hotel not
caring to encounter again the obvious
amazement Of the walters. The Cure
de Brequier is immortaized by Brillat
Savarin. This reverend gentleman
would eat at single sitting rs much
food rs would serve n workingman
for ten days. Brillat Savarin once
saw HIM, in three-quarters ofan hour,
sweep into his capacious stomach
"a quartz OF soup, plate OF
boulli, leg OF mutton, superb
ham, a copious salad, pound
or two OF cheese, a prodlgious quanti-
ty OF bread, n bottle OF wine, another
OF water, and a cup OF coffee The
narrator is careful to state that the
cure iii not eat either the nam bone
or that OF the leg OF mutton. We are
told of an English man OF letters and
politics who ate at q military dinner
seven pounds and u hall ofsolid meat.
At the shop where he performed the feat
the customers were at liberty to eat
as much as they liked for certain
sum, but its keeper had never before
encountered n man of his ilk. Lucul-
lus never dined more sumptuously
than when he dined alone, and on
one occasion upbraided his cook
for serving him with n cheap
repast when 'Iucullus dined
with Lucullus," the cost of which was
only about $500. Among modern OK
travagant epicures we have Vicomte
de We'll Castel, who wagered that he
could consume 500 francs worth OF
food and liquor in two hours. His
order consisted of twenty-iour dozen
oysters, n soup, n beefsteak, pleas
ant stuffed with truflles, a salmi OF or
tolans, dish OF asparagus, plate OF
young peas, pineapple, a dish OF
Strawberries, five bottles OF wine, COT
fee and liquors. He won his wager in
one hour and forty minutes. Ma
poleon !. ate little, and that rapidly,
as il he begrudged the time. His two
favorite dishes were q breast OF NUT.
ton grilled and lentils. Napoleon
III. resembed his uncle in gas
tronomic indifference and sobriety, and
had no care about what he ate, while
Louis XVIII was more interested in a
menu than in an act Of Parliament.
To descend from the region of the his
torically marvellous to what / have
actually witnessed, writes a cores
pondent OF the San francisco Post,
remember once breakfasting in the
company OF a well-known musician,
and being greatly astonished at his
astronomical feats. First he dispos-
ed OF the half OF a large muskmellon,
followed by a beefsteak and mush-
rooms, of which he had "a second and a
liberal help, potato croquettes, four
boiled eggs. and toast and mullins ad
libitum followed, the repast being
concluded with six wheat cakes. Said
our hostess to me afterwards: 81 con-
slider him the very prince OF guests.
with his delightful conversation, his
divine music, and such an appetite"